Title: Application view Author: WordPress VIP Documentation Published: August 3, 2023 Last modified: March 12, 2026 --- 1. [VIP Dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/) 2. Application view # Application view The application view in the VIP Dashboard provides access to more information about the environments that belong to [an application](https://docs.wpvip.com/application/) and manage their settings. A user’s ability to [access and interact with areas of the application view](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/vip-dashboard-access/) are dependent on [the Org role](https://docs.wpvip.com/manage-user-access/vip-dashboard/org-roles/) or [the App role](https://docs.wpvip.com/app-role/) that was assigned to them for that application. Only a user with an Org admin role in that organization can [provide access to the VIP Dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/vip-dashboard-access/) for other users and assign user roles. Some users on the VIP Platform may have access to more than one application, and organization. Users can view a list of the organizations they belong to in [the ](https://docs.wpvip.com/my-organizations/)** [My Organizations ](https://docs.wpvip.com/my-organizations/)**[panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/my-organizations/). ## Overview [The default Overview panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/dashboard/) of the VIP Dashboard provides a snapshot summary of activity related to the environments of an application. ## Network Sites [The **Network Sites** panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/network-sites/) is only available for WordPress multisite applications. The panel provides a list of all existing sites on a WordPress multisite network, related information for each site, and the ability to [launch a network site](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/begin-a-multisite-launch/). ## Domains & TLS Select “**Domains & TLS**” from the navigation menu to access the **Domains & TLS** panel where a user can: * [Add a domain](https://docs.wpvip.com/map-a-domain/). * [Verify a domain](https://docs.wpvip.com/domains/verification/). * Retrieve the settings needed to [point a domain’s DNS to VIP](https://docs.wpvip.com/point-dns-to-vip/). * Check the [status of DNS for an added domain](https://docs.wpvip.com/point-dns-to-vip/#h-confirm-dns-settings-are-correctly-updated). * [Install a Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate](https://docs.wpvip.com/lets-encrypt-cert/). * [Install a custom TLS certificate](https://docs.wpvip.com/custom-tls-cert/). * [**HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)**](https://docs.wpvip.com/enable-hsts/): Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) for an environment. ## Logs Select “**Logs**” from the navigation menu to access: * [**Audit Log**](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/audit-log/): Provides visibility into all management actions that occur across the environments of an application. * **[Runtime Logs:](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/health-logs/)** Runtime Logs provides an aggregated, near real-time view into recent Application Logs from web containers (i.e. log entries generated by HTTP requests) for both WordPress and Node.js environments. For WordPress environments, Batch Logs from batch containers( i.e. log entries generated by cron tasks or WP-CLI commands) are available. * **[Slow Query Logs](https://docs.wpvip.com/slow-query-logs/):** Displays up to 40 of the most recent slow queries that have occurred on an environment. * [**WP-CLI Commands**](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/wp-cli-panel/): Displays a log of all WP-CLI commands that were run on an environment using [the VIP-CLI `vip wp` command](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/commands/wp/). * [**Log Shipping**](https://docs.wpvip.com/logs/log-shipping/): Ships copies of the selected log type(s) to a configured cloud storage bucket (e.g. [Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/), [Google Cloud Storage buckets](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/buckets#naming), [Azure Blob Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/storage/blobs)). ## Performance Select “**Performance**” from the navigation menu to access: * **[Insights & Metrics](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/insights-metrics/):** Provides insights into the performance, health, and usage of an application. * **[Purge Page Cache](https://docs.wpvip.com/flush-the-page-cache/)**: Purge one or more resource URLs for a WordPress or Node.js environment. * **[New Relic](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/new-relic/):** Enable or disable New Relic for an environment and [add or remove user access for the application’s New Relic dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/manage-user-access/new-relic/). ## Code Select “**Code**” from the navigation menu to access: * [**Deployments**](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/deployments-panel/): Provides a log of GitHub deployments made to a WordPress or Node.js environment and the ability to roll back an environment to a previous deployment.  * **[Plugins](https://docs.wpvip.com/plugins-panel/):** A list of an environment’s plugins, available version updates, and [security vulnerabilities reported by Codebase Manager](https://docs.wpvip.com/codebase-manager/). * [**Software Versions**](https://docs.wpvip.com/software-management/): Manage the versions of software that are deployed to a WordPress or a Node.js environment. * **Repository:** Manage the deployment method for an environment. [Update the branch](https://docs.wpvip.com/code-deployment/default-deployment/deploying-branches/update/) of an [application’s wpcomvip Github repository](https://docs.wpvip.com/code-deployment/github-repository/) that deploys to an environment with [Default Deployment](https://docs.wpvip.com/code-deployment/default-deployment/) enabled. Or, [enable Custom Deployment](https://docs.wpvip.com/code-deployment/custom-deployment/) to allow code to be deployed from a version control system outside of a wpcomvip GitHub repository. * **[Error Page](https://docs.wpvip.com/infrastructure/edge-servers/custom-error-pages/):** Customize the contents of the HTML file that is used to render the error page that is served when a request is unable to be processed by [an application’s origin server](https://docs.wpvip.com/origin-servers/)( e.g., `502 Bad Gateway`, `503 Service Unavailable`). ## Database Select “**Database**” from the navigation menu to access: * **[Data sync](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/data-sync/):** Sync database content from a WordPress production environment to a non-production environment. * **[Database Backups](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/backups/):** Download SQL Database Backups on Demand. * [**Database Backup Shipping**](https://docs.wpvip.com/database-backup-shipping/): Enable scheduled database backups to ship at regular intervals to an assigned AWS S3 bucket. ## Media **[Media Backups](https://docs.wpvip.com/media-backups/):** Download media files associated with a WordPress environment. ## Security Controls Select “**Security Controls**” from the navigation menu to access: * [**Basic Authentication**](https://docs.wpvip.com/basic-authentication/): Restrict site access by presenting all users with a username and password “pop up” prompt in a browser. * [**IP Address**](https://docs.wpvip.com/ip-allow-list/): Restrict access to individual [environments](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-platform/environments/) of an application by specifying a list of IP addresses—or ranges of IP addresses (aka subnets). * [**User Agent**](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/user-agent-restrictions/): Add custom rules per-environment to block requests based on full or partial matches to User Agent identifier strings. * **[WordPress Security Controls](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/wordpress/)**: Configure additional layers of security for Two-Factor Authentication, XML-RPC authentication, and more for WordPress environments. * **[Defensive Mode](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/defensive-mode/)**: Enable an extra layer of protection for an environment against spam bots and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. ## Notifications [The **Notifications** panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/notifications/organization-notifications/) provides the ability to create and manage Notifications and [Important Alerts](https://docs.wpvip.com/notifications/important-alerts/) for events that occur on an application’s environments. ## Integrations [The **App Integrations** panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/integrations/app-integrations/) provides access to [the **Configure Integration** panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/integrations/app-integrations/configure-integration/) where a selected Integration can be activated and configured for an environment. Last updated: March 12, 2026